Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Questioning one's beliefs Majority opinions Thinking for oneself The masses Consensus

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 35. Originally from Notebook, c. 1904.

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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Time
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Timothy 5:23).